This is a Rorschach Test – The Breakthrough Journal This is one of those rare occasions where I have nothing to add other than that this should be a compulsory read for any journalist that is about to write about nuclear and a key teaching in any presentation about nuclear. The Canadian Nuclear Society Popular…

Among the many misconceptions circulating, the notion that “cheap” wind and solar energy will reduce electricity bills, is particularly dangerous. People are highly sensitive to cost issues, and if anything threatens to derail our new nuclear program, it will be the perception of rising electricity bills. Unlike many of the anti-nuclear fallacies, this one can…

A while ago I pointed out that we should never be using confidence in engineering as our primary argument in supporting technology because if we did somone would simply raise the Titanic argument.  The Titanic is the best-known example of where engineers said something could never happen and then it did.  It implies that whenever…